
In this provocative, mind-bending book about democracy, David Graeber takes us from the streets of New York and the Occupy Movement to the town hall meetings of centuries ago. With the passion of an activist who likes to tilt at windmills of power, Graeber reminds us that the United States has never been democratic in the true sense of the word. Just ask Al Gore. Graeber taps into the Arab Spring to show how the people\'s voices do matter, even in the most oppressive environments. The Occupy movement evoked the same spirit. The 99 per cent decided that their voices mattered and would be heard. \"Protest, however militant, is an appeal to the authorities to behave differently,\" Graeber writes. \"Direct action is, ultimately, the defiant insistence on acting as if one is already free. \"The refusal to make demands was, quite self-consciously, a refusal to recognise the legitimacy of the existing political order of which such demands would have to be made.\" Graeber is right in arguing that the Occupy movement brought together a wide variety of people, crossing class and race boundaries and giving voice to a new grassroots movement. What\'s next? Graeber argues the idealist\'s line often repeated: To get the change we want, to become a more equal society, we have to be part of the change.
GMT 07:24 2017 Monday ,11 December
1,229 titles on display at Oman book fairGMT 14:18 2017 Tuesday ,28 November
ZU students publish book about UAE’s Pre-Union EraGMT 14:09 2017 Tuesday ,28 November
Zayed Book Award announces longlist for Literary Studies 2017-2018GMT 15:00 2017 Sunday ,05 November
Magnitude 4 earthquake recorded in south Saudi ArabiaGMT 14:56 2017 Sunday ,05 November
Saudi Arabia pulls 'indecent' novel from bookstoresGMT 12:43 2017 Sunday ,05 November
The Fourth Bin-dustrial Revolution at Sharjah International Book FairGMT 07:29 2017 Friday ,03 November
Sharjah book fair fires up pursuit of knowledgeGMT 08:43 2017 Monday ,25 September
Al Ain Book Fair to welcome all book lovers

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2025 ©
Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2025 ©
Send your comments
Your comment as a visitor